Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 21156, James A Frazier, R.I.

SERVICE
NUMBER
R.I.
Frazier, James A. Lucy
W. 21156
CONTENTS

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
R d
Frazier, James A. Lucy
N. 21156
CONTENTS

susp. see letter to Mr. T. Fleming P. Capt. Dec. 2 d 1854
New York Sep 196
James A. Fraser of Co. C. in the State of New York who was a Private in the Knapp's command by Captain Dexter of the Regt. commanded by Col. Olney in the N. Y. Vols. line for 9 Mo.
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 30 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 10 day of Aug, 1833 and in the J. Whitley Col Dwell
Arrears to the 4th of Mar. 1831 $ 60 Semi-ann. allowance ending 1 st Sep. 31 15
$ 75
{ Revolutionary Claim, } Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by J. Whitley Clerk, Book E, Vol. 3, Page 56

Set to L. H. Baldwin March 27/49
Reported
938.
New York. Albany. Lucy Frazier widow of James A. Frazier R. J. who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private ,
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 30 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 27. day of July 1848. and sent to
Samuel C. Dickerson Chesterstown Warren Co. N.Y.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848. Page 69 Vol. 4.

James Fraser
Morse & Stewart Agents -
additional Proof
May for Dexter of Providence of R. Island Certificate
Admitted

State of New-York, } ss. Otsego County, }
BE IT REMEMBERED, That on the 30 th day of March 1817 the above named James Hitt came before me, James S. Campbell one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Otsego and State of New-York, and made oath that the facts stated in the foregoing Petition and Declaration are true:—And I the said Judge, pur- suant to the directions of the Act of Congress, entitled “An act to provide for cer- tain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, during the Revolutionary War,” do certify to the Secretary of War, that it has appeared to my satisfaction that the said James Hitt served in the Revolutionary War against the common enemy, for the term mentioned in the said Petition and Declaration hereunto annexed:—And in pursuance of the directions of said Act, I do hereby certify to the Hon. the Secretary of War, that the testi- mony of as detailed in his affidavit hereunto annexed, was taken before me, and that I am satisfied that the application of the said James Hitt is fair and bona fide in all respects, and that he, by reason of his reduced circumstances, is absolutely in need of assistance from his country for support.
James S. Campbell

CLERK'S OFFICE, } ss. Otsego County, }
I, GEORGE MORELL, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Otsego, in the State of New-York, hereby Certify, that James S. Campbell now is, and for one year past, has been, one of the Judges of the said Court; and that the signature to the foregoing Certificate and papers, is his proper hand writing.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and af- fixed the Seal of the said Court, this
24th ~ day of April
1818.
G. Morell Clerk

County of Warren and State of New York } ss - on this 6 th day of June Eighteen Hundred and forty four Personally appeared before the Circuit Court held in and for the said County of Warren, before the Hon. John Willard Circuit Judge being a Court of Record & proceeding according to the common law way. Frazier a resident of Warrensburgh in the County of Warren and State of New York aged Seventy Eight years who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on her oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 7 th , 1838. entitled "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows" and the subsequent acts sup- plementary thereto, that she is the widow of James A. Frazier who was a private in the army of the Revolution whose service is set forth in his Declaration on which he obtained a Pension Certificate under the act of the 7 th of June 1832 Dated August 10 th 1833. N. S. 20,196 - Record ed in the Pension office in Book E, Vol. 3 Page 56. She further Declares that she was married to the said James A. Frazier on the nineteenth Day of March in the year Seventeen hundred and Eighty nine at her Father Philip Olin's house in Preston in the County of New London and State of Con- necticut by General John Tylan Esquire that at Present There is no family record of her marriage her Father's record having been destroyed by fire and she verily believes there is no record of her marriage now Extant as faithful search has been made for such record and none found - that her Brother Benjamin Olin of Preston (who is but Eighteen months younger than her self) and her Sister Mary Olin (now Mary Ellis) of the City of Norwich (whose Depositions are herewith Presented) were both Present when the marriage took place. She further Declares that her husband the aforesaid James A. Frazier died on the fifteenth Day of December Eighteen hundred and thirty four that she was not married to him Prior to his leaving the service but the marriage took place previous to the first of January Seventeen hundred and ninety four viz at the time above stated - that she now remains the widow of the said James A. Frazier and has not since, intermarried. - that she does not know, of her own

knowledge of any of her late husband's services in the war of the Revolution, but has often heard him declare in his lifetime, his services in the war, and name the officers, under whom he served - his statements, are gone from her memory, and she respectfully refers to the evidence of his services, as stated above, and now at the War Office.
Subscribed and sworn to before Court this 11 th day of June 1844
Lucy her  X Frazier mark
Thomas Archibald Clerk
I Thomas Archibald Clerk of the Circuit Court of the County of Warren Co Kentucky, Certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court before the Judge there, in the matter of the application of Lucy Frazier for a Pension
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and Seal of office this 11 th day of June 1844 Thomas Archibald Clerk

No 25890
James A. Fraser Warren County New York
Admiral Private of no
Will
See Major D. F. T. S. Certificate
Jo. Whitley (Caldwell) Warren County New York

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of James A. Fraser Warren County New York
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     Enlisted 1778 - 9 - private Capt Dextu, Col Oney 78 years Providence Rhode Island Testimonial evidence, paper correct  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.
On roll. Struck thru from Old Papers - 1818

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }  On this _____ day of _____ personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of _____ in the county of _____ and State, Territory or District of _____ aged (c) _____ years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) _____, with _____ and served in the _____ (e) regiment of the _____ line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of _____
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I _____ of the Court of _____ do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this _____ day of _____ &c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the _____ and C. D. residing in (the same) _____, who has hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with _____, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be _____ years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the _____ and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the _____ and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, _____ Clerk of the Court of _____ do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this _____ day of _____ &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his
The applicant is referred for evidence of service to the Secretary of the State of Rhode Island

alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services. 
 6. { To a Soldier. { Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? To an Officer. { Did you ever ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it? 
 7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. 
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons—one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the inquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:—For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months , is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
[k] The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
† [l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases. ‡
‡ [l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact. ‡
‡ [m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration. ‡

It appears by the Regimental Book, That James Frazier, (sometimes called James A. Frazier,) now residing in Otsego County in the State of New-York, served the full term of Nine Months a Private Soldier in the Regiment commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Commandant Jeremiah Olney, in the Rhode-Island Line, on the Continental Establishment, and that he was honourably discharged from said Regiment at Saratoga in the State of New-York aforesaid on the twentieth day of December 1782, being the expiration of the term of his enlistment. —
M c G. Dexter H on Major of said Regiment, eodem tempore —
Providence October 15 th 1818. —
was honourably discharged at Saratoga in the State of New York, which discharge he has lost —
The said James Fraser further on oath says that he cannot furnish any other proof of his service, than the affidavit and certificate hereto annexed. He further says that he is fifty six years of age and upwards. That he has no property — and from age and infirmities he is unable to procure

To the Hon. John C. Calhoun Secretary of the Department of War of the United States.
The Petition and Declaration James Fraser of the Town of Cherry Valley in the County of Otsego and State of New York. a resident citizen of the United States, on oath setteth forth and declares that, in April 1782, he enlisted for nine months in Captain Dexters Company in Col. Jeremiah Onys Regiment of the Brooks and Lane Line of Continental Troops; that he faithfully served the United States against the common Enemy, in the said Line and Regiment for the full Term of nine months, when he was honourably discharged at Saratoga in the State of New York, which dis- charge he has lost.
The said James Fraser further on oath says that he cannot furnish any other proof of his service, than the affidavit and certificate hereto annexed. He further says that he is fifty six years of age and upwards. That he has no property - and from age and infirmities he is unable to procure

a comfortable subsistence by the labour of his hands - and from such his reduced circumstances he is absolutely in need of assistance from the Country for support - And he prays the Hon the Secretary at war, to place him on the Pension List of the United States, if he shall come within the provisions of the act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land & naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary war. and in duty bound will ever pray -
his James G Fraser Mark
Sworn & Subscribed April 6 th day 1818 Before me
James S. Campbell one of Judges of the Court of Common pleas in & for the county of Otsego State New York
James Fraser

State of New York
Worren County ss On the sixteenth day of April in the Year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty three personally appeared in open court before the judges then to wit: John C. Baldwin first judge Thomas Patterson Horace B. Kirby Hobart Munn & Amasa B. Park Esquires his associate judges of the court of Common Pleas of the County of Worren in the state of New York now sitting in the Court house in the town of Caldwell in said County James James A. Frazier a Resident of the town of Bolton in the County of Worren & State of New York aged seventy eight years the 29 of October last who being first duly sworn says according to her oath on his oath makes the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 1832. He first enlisted in the Regular service of Providence in the state of Rhode Island in the spring of 1778 for three months under Captain Dexter Lieut. Sherman Col. Oney General Washington moved to Philadelphia served the time of my enlistment was discharged at Saratoga in the state of New York by General Schuyler my discharge is lost. I claim a pension under the act of 1818 & have left of the pension roll in consequence of having falsely my pension certificate is destroyed or lost.
James A. Frazier 255890
1. In time I was born in South Kingston Rhode Island on the 29 of October 1754
2. I have no record of my age.
3. When first called into the service I lived in South Kingston till the war I moved to New Providence Massachusetts the third year of the war I then moved to Otis Valley Berkshire County State of New York stayed for four years then moved to Warren County of Worren State of New York where I now reside
4. I served in the above declaration.
I hereby relinquish any claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present my own has been on the pension

Pension roll of the agency of the state of New York in late years dropped in consequence of having property. Subscribed & sworn before me this 16 th day of April 1833 Thomas Archibald Clerk
James A Fraser
the undersigned having known George Waters John
H Smith
Residing in the town of Ballin in the county
of Warren do hereby certify that in an affidavit made James A Fraser who has subscribed and sworn to the said declaration and we believe him to be seventy eight years of age that he is respected and beloved in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion
Howard Waters
Subscribed & sworn before me this day
George Waters
Court this 16 th day of April 1833.
John H Smith
Thomas Archibald Clerk
And the said Court hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories presented by the war department that the above applicant James A Fraser was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he states and the court further certify that Howard Waters George Waters & John H Smith who signed the preceding certificate are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit
Attest Baldwin Vice Judge of Warren County Court
I Thomas Archibald Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Warren & State of New York do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of James A Fraser for a pension under the act of Congress of June 1832 In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this 16 th April 1833
Thomas Archibald Clerk of Warren County
Fraser

James Frazier No. 5,369 VP

State of New York
Otsego County } On this 20 th day of June 1880 personally appeared in Open Court being the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Otsego, & State of New York, and being a Court of Record, & bounding according to the principles of the Common Law with power of fine & imprisonment James Frazier aged Fifty six years resident in said County of Otsego, who first being duly sworn according to the principles of the Common Law doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows: in Captain Dexter, in Colonel Olneys Regiment of Rhode Island troops on the Continental establishment that on the Sixth day of April one thousand eight hundred & eighteen he made a declaration on oath in order to obtain the benefit of the act of the 10 th of March 1880, that he has received a pension and that the number of his pension certificate is five thousand three hundred & Sixty nine (5369)
And I James Frazier do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 10 th day of March 1880; and that I have not since that time by gift sale, or in any manner whatever disposed of my property or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of An act of Congress entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land & Naval Service of the United States in the Revolutionary War" passed on the 10 th day of March 1880 and that I have not nor has any person in trust for me any property or securities, contracts or debts due to me nor have I any income other than what is contained in the
Schedule hereto annexed & by me subscribed - Sworn to & declared on this 20 th June 1880. before the Court
Geo. Morell Clerk
his James Frazier mark

Schedule of the property of James Frazier the pensioner in the annexed papers named
Real Estate
About ten years ago I made a Contract for Sixty three acres of Land for which I agreed to pay three hundred dollars - I paid for it about two years ago except one hundred & thirty dollars & I borrowed one hundred & thirty dollars of J. S. Pinney which I paid towards the land I yet owe Pinney for the whole of this money & the interest of it This Land was lately appraised at $320.
Personal property - one yoke of Oxen Two Cows - but with my pension money -
1 Two year old heifer, 2 yearlings four small hogs ten Sheep, 2 Calves - 1 pot. 1 kettle, four old Chairs 1 old table a few dishes Three Iron Spoons -
I owe two hundred & forty dollars to my different Creditors - My occupation is that of a farmer but my health is such that I am wholly unable to Labour. I have a wife aged fifty five years she enjoys poor health. I have two Children & two grand Children who live with me. Susan aged eighteen years is able to Labour William aged Sixteen he is a weakly & puny boy - My grand Child John is Three years old & my grand Child Maja is fifteen months & are both dependent on me Jan 20 th 1820
his James Frazier mark

State of New York - Otsego County Clerk's Office ss: I George Morell clerk of The Court of Common Pleas of the County of Otsego & State of New York do hereby certify that the foregoing oaths & the Schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the Records of the said Court And I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule is Three hundred & fifty dollars.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set in my hand & affixed the seal of the said Court This 24 th June 1820 -
G. Morell Clerk

ad
Admitted
J. E. Dickinson Chester Warren NY

State of New York } ss County of Warren }
On this twenty third Day of May Eighteen hundred and forty eight Personally appear- ed before the Subscriber a Justice of the Peace of the County of Warren and state aforesaid Lucy Frazier a resident of Horizon in the County of Warren and state aforesaid aged eighty four years who being first Duly sworn according to Law doth on her oath make the following Declaration in or- der to obtain the benefits of the Provision made by the act of Congress passed on the 2 d February 1844 Granting Pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war that she is the widow of James A Frazier who was a private soldier in the Army of the Revolution and a prisoner under the act of 7 th June 1832 Certificate numbered 20196 that under the act of 17 th June 1844 she received thirty Dollars per Annum - She further Declares that she is Still a widow Lucy her Frazier mark
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before me Benjamin Culver Justice Peace in presence of Samuel C Dickinson
I certify that Lucy Frazier the above Declarant is Personally known to me Benj. Culver Justice Peace

State of New York Warren County to wit
I Thomas Archibald Clerk of Saratoga County do Certify that Benjamin Balcom before whom the within affidavit purports to have been sworn to on the day of the same one of the Justices of the peace in and for Saratoga County and that I am now acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice and truly believe his name Benj. Balcom subscribed to said affidavit to be his proper hand writing and signature
In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said County the 14 th day of July 1848 Thomas Archibald Clerk

Chester December 4 th 1844
Sir I have received your Letter of the 22 d of October in which you inform me that the Date of the marriage of James A & Lucy Fraser is not satisfactory Doubtless the temptation is greater for a relative to swear falsely for a relative than for another Person - and I am not insensible of the Disadvantage you Labour under in not having an opportunity to Examine witnesses Personally - but I have been some in the habit of Examining witnesses and I assure you that I would not Present a case that I was not fully satisfied came within the Provision of the act - before I undertook this case I was satisfied that if James A & Lucy Fraser were Legally married the widow would come within the Provision of the act from the facts that Fraser was a pensioner and I was well acquainted with James Fraser a son of James A & Lucy Fraser who is in the fifty Second year of his age and I was well assured that James A & Lucy Fraser has two children still older than James (viz) Sarah their first born and Philip Fraser their oldest son both of whom are now living in the western part of this State - Mrs Fraser has no record nor Certificate of her marriage and so frail is her memory that she could not tell the ages of one of her children and even her own age as to how old she was when married I found in the sequel she did not tell me correct but I expected to find a record of her marriage in Preston but in the event of failing I took the names of such as Mrs Fraser recollected as being at her marriage and out of this list I found only three living (viz) Benjamin Olen of Preston Elizabeth Ross of Plainfield and Squire Olen of Canterbury my first inquiry in Preston was for a record of the marriage and satisfied myself that there was neither Town - Parish or Church record of the marriage in Preston I sought out Benjamin Olen he had a sister Lucy who married James A Fraser - was present at their marriage they were married by John Tyler Esquire - could not tell what year or how long ago it was he was but a little over sixty and Lucy was but 18 months older than himself his sister had deceived me in relation to her age and more so in relation to her marriage James had set his at 51 for the sake of helping his mother to a Pension he did not believe Sarah their oldest child was fifty one yet was confident that Lucy was not seventy years of age - on my way to Plainfield in the town of Griswold I found Hemen Tyler a grandson of General John Tyler the Magistrate who married J A & L Fraser he was in possession of such of his grandfathers writings as had stood the manager of time and through his politeness was assisted in examining them we found no marriages recorded among them - Elizabeth Ross had a sister Lucy who married a Fraser was present at their marriage thinks they were married by Mr Hart the Presbyterian minister in Preston knows he read their publication cannot tell what year or how long ago it took place thinks it was in the latter part of winter there was snow on the ground wished to

know when her sister said it took place - if your sister told her age right and how old she was when married she was married the 19 th of March 1779 my stars exclaimed she (in a fit of laughter) that was before I was born - you are on rather a cold track said a bystander Mrs Ross said she was only in her sixty first year of her age and it could be expected that she could remember much about a marriage that took place so long ago though she remembered very well when she was born and what they had for breakfast - I had better go to Preston and see her brother Benjamin Olen he was older than herself and would remember more about it I told her I had seen Benjamin and he said he was but a little over 60 - again she burst out in laughter Benjamin had renewed his age for the purpose of gitting his young wife - why when New London was burnt my father was drafted to go into Fort Griswold and Benjamin was sixteen years old then and went a substitute for her father do you know this to be a fact - why certain I was considerable of a Surge gall and remember that he run away and father had to hire an other man - I let her know that in exposing her age she had nearly exposed her own and told the old nasty paraded widow that she had doubtless renewed her age for the same purpose that Benja m had but had not been quite as successful at which she said if she could she would not lift her hand to help Lucy to a pension but assigned no other reason than "Cause she would not" - Squire Olen (the youngest of the three) is sixty eight years old was present at Francis and Lucy's wedding they were married at his father's house in Preston by John Tyler and they were married in the month of March could not tell what year or how long ago it took place - this as I supposed was the last person living who was present at the marriage I told him the efforts I had made to find a record of the marriage and the examination I had of his brother and sister and his sister had said she would not lift her hand to help Lucy to a pension - he said he guessed he could tell the reason - Lucy had the misfortune to have a son before she was married whom she named Benajah that this child lived with his grandfather Olen until he was about 23 years of age at which time he left him and went into the state of New York where he got into business and accumulated several hundred dollars and died that they all thought that in as much as Francis and his wife had no trouble in bringing Benajah up his property ought to be divided equally between the brothers and sisters but Francis and Lucy took the whole of it except what their father owed Benajah and would have got that if they could - how old was this child when Lucy was married - 23 years old - how old would he be now if living - she could not tell - was there any of your brothers or sisters that was near Benajah's age - yes his youngest brother William was but two years older than Benajah and they were many ft up together - how old is William - he could not tell but his sister the widow Ellis who lived in the City of Norwich would tell his age and doubtless would tell all the ages

of her Brothers and Sisters and what she knows & might depend upon - I asked him if his sister was at Lucy's marriage - he said she was - I found her supported by a crutch standing by her wash tub in a room about ten feet square & asked if she had a sister who married a Frazier - she had but supposed she was dead - your sister was living 10 days ago and having business in this quarter she had given me the names of several of her connection and requested me to inquire after them and call on such as I found living - she was glad I had called on her and inquired after the health of Frazier's family & told her that her sister and such of the family as lived near me were well but Frazier was dead - oh! then Lucy is left a widow as well as me and it will be but a short time before we shall be in our graves - how old a woman are you - she told her age as it is set in her deposition 70 I think - you are some younger than Lucy - yes Lucy was 74 last December - how old is Benjamin - 77 such a day of this Month (May) - how old is your Brother William - in her deposition the date of the marriage is in the Spring of the year 1749 then her answer was 59 morning the day and Month - had your Sister a son named Benajah - she had - are you born on business for Lucy - yes - well Frazier and Lucy got all Benajah's Property except what Father owed him and Lucy hence not think to get that of her Brothers and Sisters - Lucy was about to try for a Pension and I was down to get the evidence of her Marriage - she got a Pension! why no widow can get a Pension unless she was married in the time of the war and Lucy was not married till long after the war closed - well whether she gets a Pension or not I want to get the true Period of her marriage when was Lucy say she was married - I will tell you by and by what difference was there between the ages of Ben and Benajah - Ben was two years the oldest - how old was Benajah when his Mother was married - Benajah was 2 years old in March and she was married the same Spring then your sister was married 55 years ago was she - Let see I was 15 year year old when Lucy was married, studied a while - yes she was married 55 years ago this Spring - well take 55 from 1844 and there will remain 1789 are you willing to testify that Lucy was married in the Spring of the year 1789 - I don't know anything about ciphering and am not willing to swear to a thing I don't know - well I must get my Chatts from Benjamins and then reckon it up against I get back - from Lucy's statements she was married 65 years ago last March 0! astonishing - Benjamin then was 14 years old in May and went into fort G the next January after London was burnt, bringing his age and Lucy's as Mrs Ellis says - Esq Williams who is a lawyer told me in relation to records I hence not take the deposition of any one except the Town Clerk since the Statute required that all marriages should be recorded in the Town Clerk's office Mrs Ellis requested me to call on her before I left the place - I did so and she had made up a small Present for her sister and said I wish you to give this to Lucy and tell her from her poor old described sister to prepare to meet her God I told the error to Mrs Frazier and she wept bitterly I asked her the age of Ben when he went into Fort G and what difference there was between Ben and Benajah's ages - how old Ben was when she was married and brought her own age and the date of her marriage the same as stated by her sister Ellis - thus according to the best of my recollection you are furnished with the several examinations I have made in the case before you and under all these circumstances could I doubt for a moment that I had got the true date of the Marriage - I assure you sir that altho Mrs Ellis is a relative and a poor illiterate and an obscure wash woman I am as confident of the truths of what is contained in her deposition as if I had got it from Mr Baldwin the Governor of the State - since receiving your letter I have seen Mr Frazier who thinks such persons as you describe can be found in Connecticut or Massachusetts but she has not the means to procure their depositions I flatter myself that if you believe me to be a man of truth you will relinquish the requisition contained in your letter and send me her certificate if you doubt my veracity inquire of Mr Joseph Russel member of Congress Pleas Communicate soon J C Dickinson

Chester Conn. Mch Dec 11 1877 Dear Sir, I. S. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions Washington City D. C.
NB it mrs Ellis's age varies from seventy and the Date of the marriage from 1789 the area in her Deposition then the answers in the examination must be varied accordingly - Benjamin Olen in my absence had fixed the Date of the Marriage one year later than his Siste Ellis but on conversing with her he fell in with her statements excepting in relation to his age J. C. Dickinson

Free
J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
D. C.
for
Chester town Md
Dec 11 1877
Dec 14 - 405
Dr Brumf
Long House
As it was Ellis age varies from seventy and the date of the marriage from 1789 the war in her description then the answer in her description must be based accordingly - Benjamin often in my absence had paid the rate of the marriage one year later than his wife Ellis but on conversing with her he fell in with her statements excepting in relation to his age J. G. Dickinson

Glens Falls Nov. 17. th 1848
Dear Sir,
Enclosed I send you the declaration of Lucy Prazir, widow of James A Prazir who was a Private in the revolutionary war etc. Together with a Pension Certificate granted to her July 27. th 1848 allowing her $30. per Annum.
She now claims the same amount of pay which her husband received as provided by the acts of Congress referred to in her declaration.
Will you please give this your attention and answer as soon as convenient.
J. S. Edwards Commr of Pensions etc
Yours Respectfully J. H. Baldwin

State of New York Otsego County ss.
I am a Mason being duly sworn say that he has been acquainted with James Fraser whose bonds are hereto annexed for the last three or four years, and that he has always understood & believed that he is a man very poor & possessed of but little or no property & that this deponent believes that he is absolutely in need of assistance from the county for support. J. O. Mason
Sworn & subscribed this 19 th day of December 1818 Before me one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas. of Otsego County N.Y. -
amblt. Campbell

I certify that James P. Hays is a credible witness
James S. Campbell

21 11
Caldwell NY 16 July
2 State NY Lucy Paine 8030
10
J. L. Edwards Esq. Chairman of Pensions Washington City, D. C.

Chester Warren County New York
July 12 th 1848
Sir
My Circumloculus you may recall are the routine Punder. Please to direct S. C. Dickerson Chester Salem Post Off. War. NY. S. C. Dickerson

Feb. 15. 1885.
Rel to case of
Lucy Frazer, Col.
Spec
J. L. Edwards
Lucy Frazer Commissioner of Pensions
by Washington City D.C. Chestertown Md 11 th Feby

Chestertown Feb 6 th 1845
Sir
Your Letter informing me of the reception and filing of mine of the 4 th of December last with the Papers in the case of Lucy Frazier has been duly received - when I wrote that Letter I supposed that Mr Russel was then at Washington and did not find my mistake until after I had received yours - I am not personally acquainted with Mr Stutson from this District nor no other Member of Congress and do not wish to defer the case of Mrs Frazier until Mr Russel takes his seat - there fore if you doubt my recity as is your Privilege and perhaps your duty you must still doubt - if there is any thing further necessary to establish the claim Pleas to let me know it and I will endeavor to furnish it but be as reasonable in your requisitions as you can consistent with your duty - I have recently seen a man who has lately moved into Warrenton in this County who married for his first wife a Daughter of James and Lucy Frazier who said if she was still living she would be in her 44 th year of her age that James & Lucy Frazier had eight Children still older than his wife he does not know the exact age of all of them but can safely swear that the three oldest of them are over fifty years of age namely Sarah Bailey Philip O & James Frazier - I have thought of sending his Deposition but do not wish to make a needless cost - if there is any thing further to be done Pleas to direct me
I am Sir your obedient
and Humble Servant
Sam l C Dickinson
PS Shall I send you an authenticated Certificate
James L Edwards Commissioner of Pensions Washington City D C
certifying that what ever I have written to you in the case of Mrs Frazier is intitled to full credit Signed by Mr Russel and a number of the most respectable men in the County S. C. Dickinson

11093
July 13 1838
Cornwall June 14
MS Lucy Frazar 7 July 1838
L. E. Lawrence Esq.
Belmont House Worthington
Yrs

Charles Warren Cady New York
June 13 th 1844
Inclosed I send you the Declaration of Lucy Stone for a Pursuer you will please direct any Communication you have to said Cady the same you will please direct to Samuel C. Ditchburn re Charles Warren Cady New York
Yours Respectfully Samuel C. Ditchburn
L Edinborough Esq

Resolution of Congress of July 1st 1848
State of New York County of Warren
On this 14 th day of December 1848 before me Geo Robertson a justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid personally appeared Lucy Frasier who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on her Oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Resolution of Congress of July 1st 1848 That She is the widow of James A Frasier deceased who in his life time was a pensioner of the United States under the act of 1818 or under the act of June 7 th 1832 at the rate of ninety Six dollars per annum as near as this deponent can recollect deponent says that She has received a pension under the Act of 1838 1843 1844 and under the Act of February 2 nd 1848 at the rate of thirty dollars per annum That She now claims the same amount of pension per annum as received by her husband as aforesaid also the arrears of pension due her under the General acts afore said and by virtue of the said Resolution of Congress in support of which claim She refers the pension Department to the proof on file in that office and deponent further declares that She still remains a widow
Signed in presence of Chas H Robertson Subscribed and sworn to before me this 14 th day of December 1848
her Lucy F Frasier mark
Geo Robertson Justice
I hereby certify that Lucy Frasier is personally known to me and that she is the identical person above named
Geo Robertson Justice
I hereby certify that Lucy Frasier makes her mark for the reason that she has never learned to write
Geo Robertson Justice

State of New York Wadsworth County ss
I Thomas Archibald Clerk of the said County do hereby certify that John Robinson before whom the within officer's precepts to have been sworn was on the day of the trial of the said cause one of the Justices of the Peace in and for said County, and that I am well acquainted with his hand Writing and that before his name subscribed to the within officer's
so He has proper hand Writing and Signature
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the Seal of the said County this 17 th day of February 1848
Thomas Archibald Clerk

Rev
WIDOW, &c.
Ans
File No. 21156
Lucy Frazier Widow of James A. Frazier Rev. Rev. war.
Act: Feb. 20 / 48
Index:—Vol. A , Page 284
[Arrangement of 1870.]

James A. Frazier. N.Y. act 7 June 1832 $30 00 per
To what time was he last paid?
Pension Office Novm 25. 1846
A. B. A.
Paid to H th Sept. 1834 A. B. J.

Applicant aged 56 yrs wholly unable to labor -
Real estate - 63 acres - appraised $320 - owes on a/c of it $130 -
Wife, 55 yrs old - poor health -
daughters 10 yrs old -
Son 16 yrs old - weakly & puny 2 gr: children. one 3 yrs old - the other 15 mos. old.
Yoke of oxen, 2 cows, 60? with his pension money - also some other property, not valued -
Served 9 mos. WD

11093 Lucy Frazar N.Y.
letter to S. C. Dickinson Oct. 22 nd 22 nd '44.
Let to S. C. Dickinson.
Dec 18 th 1844.
Same per ad, 10. March 1845.
to Hon. Joseph Russell March 21. '46
" " same - Aug. 6, '46.
Act 7 July 1838

No 11093 { 9132. Lucy Frazar 1291. Widow of James F. NY act 7 July, 1838
Rec Adm. 9 mo p er $30 00 for ann p er 4 March 1836
Adm. act 3 March 1843 and 17 June 1844 $30 00 p er ann
Warren. 15 th Dec r . 1834.
Samuel C Dickerson Chesholm Warren co NY

Waverly H. 14 Feb 7
Feb 5 1845 New York
Hon. J. L. Edwards Com. of Pensions Washington City D.C.

Washington, Warren County N.Y. January 31. 1845.
Dear Sir Mr Samuel C. Dickinson of this place informs me that he has written you. giving the circumstances under which the Examination of the Witness was made in the case of Lucy Frazier an applicant for a Pension under the act of 1838. And in case of your doubting his veracity he has referred you to me. Supposing that I took my seat on the 4 th of Decem. last - I have been acquainted with Mr Dickinson for many years and such is my confidence in his veracity that I unhesitatingly say. Whatever Communication he may have made in said case is entitled to full Credit
Resp. Yours Joseph Rumer M.C. Elect
Hon. J. L. Edwards Com of Pensions Wash. City

State of Connecticut } ss I John D. Watt County of New London } Clerk of the County Court in and for said New London County do hereby Certify that Stephen Parrows Esq. before whom the two depositions of Charles E Leonard hereunto  annexed was sworn was on the third day of Nov 1846. a Justice of the peace for said New London County that his signatures thereto are genuine and I further Certify that Charles E Leonard Esq before whom the two depositions of Elisha Patridge hereunto annexed was
sworn was on the the peace for said signatures thereto In her the
Justice of that his signature I have hereunto this 3 day 1846 J. D. Watt Clerk
Hein Communications to Samuel L. Dickinson Cheshire Warren Co Me

State of Connecticut } ss I John D. Witt County of New London } Clerk of the County Court in and for said New London County do hereby Certify that Stephen Barrows Esq. before whom the two depositions of Charles E. Leonard herunto annexed was sworn was on the third day of Feb 1846. a Justice of the peace for said New London County that his signatures thereto are genuine and I further Certify that Charles E. Leonard Esq. before whom the two depositions of Elisha Patridge herunto herunto annexed was sworn was on the third day of Feb the peace for said New London
Justice of that his signature I have now affirmed this 3 rd day 1846 J. D. Witt Clerk
Dear Commissioner to Samuel G. Litchfield Chatham Warren Co N. York

State of Connecticut } County of New London } ss I John D'Witt Clerk of the County Court in and for said New London County do hereby Certify that Stephen Barrows Esq. before whom the two depositions of Charles E Leonard herunto annexed was sworn was on the 3 rd day of Nov 1846 a Justice of the peace for said New London County that his signatures thereto are genuine and I further Certify that Charles E Leonard Esq before whom the two depositions of Elisha Patridge Esq was herunto annexed was sworn was on said 3 rd day Nov 1846 a Justice of the peace for said New London County that his signatures thereto affixed are genuine In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said County this 3 rd day November A D 1846
John D'Witt Clerk

State of Connecticut ss I Charles E Leonard of the Town of Griswold in New London County, being duly sworn, do depose and say that I am Clerk of the first Cong l Church or Parish of said Griswold, formerly called the North Church or Parish of Preston, and that I have carefully examined the records of said Church or Parish to ascertain if the Marriage of James A Frazier to Lucy Olin is there entered, but on examination I do not find any record of such marriage therein
Charles E Leonard Clerk of the Church.
Sworn & subscribed this 3 rd day of Nov A D 1846 Before me.
Stephen Barrows Justiciary
State of Connecticut. New London County ss Griswold Nov 3 rd 1846. Personally appeared Elisha Partridge (before me) resident of that place which in 1790 was called the North Church or Parish of Preston, and Phillip Olin the father of Lucy Frazier for some years pre- vious to 1790 & for several years after 1790 lived within the bounds of said Parish, and further this Deponent saith not
Elisha Partridge
Sworn and subscribed this 3 rd day of Nov A D 1846 before me.
Charles E Leonard Justice of the Peace

State of Connecticut New London County ss Grismold Nov 3 rd 1846. Personally appeared before me Elisha Partridge, resident of said Grismold aged seventy four years, who being duly sworn according to law deponeth and saith that in the year 1790 he was personally acquainted with James A Prarie and that the sd James A Prarie and Lucy Allen were at the date last above mentioned living together as husband and wife, and that the said Prarie was at that time a tenant, occupying a dwelling house belonging to Nathan Belcher of the town of Preston then, but now Grismold, and for the this deponent saith not except that he was at that time a neighbor of the sd Prarie but in no way related.
Elisha Partridge
Sworn & subscribed the day and year first above written before me. Charles E Leonard Justice of the Peace
I certify that I am personally acquainted with the above named Elisha Partridge and that he is a man of intelligence and veracity.
Charles E. Leonard

State of Connecticut. New London County ss. Griswold. Nov 3 rd AD 1846 Personally appeared Charles E Leonard of said Griswold before me, and deponeth and saith that he has in his possession the account Books of Wathane Belcher late of said Griswold dec d . who em- ployed the above mentioned James Frazar in the year 1790 as appears from the said Belchers Books
Sworn & subscribed this 3 rd day of Nov AD 1846
Before me
Stephen Bancker Justice of the Peace
I certify that I am personally acquainted with the above named Charles E Leonard is a person of intelligence and veracity.
Stephen Bancker

11093
Lucy Frazier
Maw of James A NY
act 7 July 1838
Mamma before 1794 husband died 25 Decr 1834
Prob of Mamma's Subn. Wiltshire Salisbury,

State of New York County of Warren
Warrensburgh
on this sixth day of June Eighteen hundred and forty four personally appeared before me a justice of the peace of said County of Warren Isaac Hill of lawful age and to me well known as a man of truth and veracity who being first duly sworn according to law Deposeth and saith that he was acquainted with James Frazier late of that part of Bolton now called Horizon in the County of Warren deceased that the said James Frazier was a United States Pensioner Pension Certificate dated August 10 th Eighteen hundred and thirty three, that the said James Frazier died on or about the fifteenth day of December in the year Eighteen hundred and thirty four at his residence in Bolton aforesaid that he was and is still acquainted with Lucy Frazier his wife and now his widow and that the said Lucy Frazier has not married since the death of her said husband
Subscribed & sworn before this Isaac Hill 6 th day of June 1844 Thos. A. Lizzell Justice
State of New York Warren County
I Thomas Archibald Clerk of the said County do hereby certify that Thomas A. Lizzell before whom the foregoing affidavits were taken to have been a true and just Commissioner of the said County at the time of signing the same one of the Justices of the peace in and for the said County as I am acquainted with his name William Lloyd only being his name subscribed to the said affidavits to be his proper hand and signature In Witness my hand and Seal of office this 10 th day of June 1844 Thomas Archibald Clerk

I Henry Harkins of Preston in the County of New London and State of Connecticut of lawful age and Duly sworn testify and say that I hold the office of Town Clerk and Registrar of Deeds Marriages and births in said Town of Preston aforesaid that by the Statute Laws of this State all Marriages are to be Recorded at the office of the Town Clerk That I have Examined and searched the Records of said town of Preston for a Record of the marriage of James A. Gration and Lucy Olin But no Record is to be found of said Marriage and further saith not
Henry Harkins
State of Connecticut. } County of New London } ss
Be it known that on this eighth Day of May 1844 Be fore me Joseph Williams a Jus- tice of the Peace in for said County personally appeared Henry Harkins telling say of Preston the above named Deponent to me well known and entitled to full credit as a witness who signed the above Depo- sition written by himself and made solemn oath to the truth of the same Joseph Williams Justice of the Peace

State of Connecticut: County of Newhous down to Norwich — on this eighth Day of May A D 1844, Personally appeared Mrs Mary Ellis formerly of Preston in said County of Newhous down Now of the town & City of Norwich aforesaid. — Being Seventy years of age, who testifies & says that she was the daughter of Philip Olin Dec d late of said Preston & is a sister of Benjamin Olin of Preston who is now present &c. Also is sister of Mrs Lucy Frazier of Warrensburg in the County of Warren & State of New York — That the said Lucy her sister along named, was married to James A Frasier (who had been a private in the Revolutionary army & has since received a pensi- on Certificate No 20.196 dated August 10. 1833 Signed Lew-Clas Secy of war He countersigned by J. L. Edwards com- missioner of Pensions) that the said marriage was at her father's house in said Preston — in the Spring of 1789 she thinks in March

by John Tyler Esq of said Preston known as General John Tyler of Preston a Justice of peace her & further saith not Mary + Ellis mark
State of Connecticut } ss County of New London }
By it known that before me Joseph Williams a Justice of the peace in & for said County of New London, Residing in the City of Norwich, in said County; personal ly appeared Mrs. Mary Ellis, now residing in said Norwich, the above named Deponent, who, having signed said Deposition by me reduced to writing (by affixing her mark as above) made solemn Oath to the truth of the statement made by her in said Deposition -
Joseph Williams Justice of the peace
I Further certify that the above witness is a person entitled to full credit as a witness For Williams Justice of the peace

State of Connecticut.
New London County ss.
I Benjamin Olin of Preston in said County of New London of lawful age testify & say that I was born of Philip Olin & Birth of Mary Ellis now of Norwich in said County of New London that I have heard the statement made by my said Sister in her Deposition relating to said marriage of my sister Mary Olin to James A. Frasier who was a Revolutionary soldier or private in the Revolutionary war so far as my recollection serves me the statement by said Mary is true & correct.
Farther Saith Not
Benjamin Olin
New London County ss. Be it known that on this 8 th Day of May 1844 Before me Joseph Williams Justice of peace in for said County personally appeared Mr Benjamin Olin of Preston & made solemn oath to the above Deposition signed by him Joseph Williams Justice of peace

I Further certify that I am well acquainted with Benjamin Olin the witness named hereon and that he is a person entitled to full credit as a witness  to the  truth of the premises.
State of Connecticut } ss New London County }
I John D'Witt clerk of the County Court in and for New London County do hereby certify that Joseph Williams Esq before whom the annexed depositions of Mary Ellis, Benj Olin & Henry Werskell was sworn was on said 8 th day of May 1844 a Justice of the peace in & for said County of New London and that his signatures thereto annexed are genuine In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said County this 8 th day of May A D 1844 John D'Witt Clerk
Depositions of Mrs. Mary Ellis & Philip Olin May 8 - 1844

5.369
New York A
James Frazier Private R. Island line
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Enrolled on the Roll of New York at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 6 of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 18 of July 1819 and sent to Morse & Stewart, agents Cherry Valley, New York
Arrears to 4th of Sep r 1818 . 4 mo. \frac{29}{30}  39.73 semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 March 1819 . 48
Alney $ 87.73
{ Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818. }
Discontinued
see letter 20 Feb. 1827 to Hon. H. H. Rep respecting ap n for restoration.
Not for Genl. Grant to Genl. Merrill Esq. 9 July 1821 Cherry Valley New York

10.138
New York.
Lucy Frazier Widow of James A. Frazier who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832, and who died on the 15 th December 1834, of Warren in the State of New York, who was a Drivator in the Company commanded by Captain Deered of the Reg t commanded by Col. Olney in the Revolution for 9 months.
Inscribed on the Roll of Albany, N.Y. at the rate of 30 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 1 st day of Dec r . 1846 and sent to P. C. Dickerson, Chesterloun, N. H.
Total amount, $ 150.
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by D. H. Moad Clerk, Book A. Vol. 1. Page 157.

8030.
New York.
Lucy Frazier widow of James A. Frazier who was a Private in the Revolution
Husb. d died 15 th Dec. 1834.
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 30 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 1 st day of Dec. 1846. and sent to
Samuel C. Hickerson Chestertown, Warren Co., N.Y.
[Acts of March 3, 1843.] and June 17, 1844.
Recorded in Book A. Vol. 2. Page 75.
2 Certs Acts 1838 1843 1844
Rep d

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Frazier, Jeremiah GRADE Private LINE New York
WARRANT NUMBER 7137 and Wt. 14058 ACREAGE 100 " 100 ISSUED March 20, 1794 to ————— not shown —————
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.